The noose news tightens!

✅ Beginning with the 2025 SECU Annual Membership Meeting, SECU members for the first time were prohibited from commenting or asking questions from the floor. In other words, SECU members were no longer allowed to speak at their membership meeting. Questions or concerns from members could be submitted in writing, in advance to the credit union. 

According to SECU, the credit union received 91 questions from 1,243 members attending the 2025 meeting. SECU took the liberty to consolidate the questions. Board Chair Mona Moon assured members that all questions would be subsequently posted on the credit union website.  CEO Leigh Brady spent well over an hour reading out the questions and providing answers.

✅ In reviewing  the agenda for the upcoming 2026 meeting, encountered the following:

 ✔"Up to 30 minutes will be set aside during the meeting for a question-and-answer session. Members may submit one question at the time of registration." Up to 30 minutes " for 3+ million SECU members, once a year? 

 How participation in your Annual SECU Membership Meeting has changed: 

 Recent Year     Member May Speak     Member Resolutions

       2022                 Fully Permitted         Fully Permitted

       2023                    Restricted                     Restricted

       2024                    Prohibited                    Restricted

       2025                    Prohibited                    Prohibited  

😎 Time for new category?  "Member Questions": 2026 - Restricted to 30 minutes?

✅ Please consider casting your votes for Julian Hawes and Barry Browning. Your ballot is still valid if you vote only for the 2 member-nominated candidates.  

Vote by mail or online.  Here's where to find complete voting info [link].

 What do you have to say about that? Well, you can't and now...don't ask!

SECU Board Elections: Just Vote For Two - Julian Hawes And Barry Browning!

  Members should have a choice!

Two highly qualified, long-time SECU members, Julian Hawes and Barry Browning, are on the 2026 ballot having been member-nominated by petition.  Both were qualified as candidates by the SECU nominating committee, but were not selected. Incumbents as usual were preferred.

Hawes and Browning are seeking election because the SECU Board has repeatedly over the last 3 years acted to suppress SECU member participation in their credit union.

 

SECU members are losing their democratic rights in their credit union.

✔  Look at how participation in your Annual SECU Membership Meeting has changed: 

 Recent Year     Member May Speak     Member Resolutions

       2022                 Fully Permitted         Fully Permitted

       2023                    Restricted                     Restricted

       2024                    Prohibited                    Restricted

       2025                    Prohibited                    Prohibited 

✔  No Board election was held in 2025.

✔ Member-led Loan Review Committees: Have been eliminated! 

✔  In the works for SECU Members? Only Board self-selected candidates eligible to run? 

The SECU Board has passed a bylaw amendment which would increase the petition signature requirement for member-nominated Board candidates from 500 members to over 6,000+ members - and upwards as membership continues to rise!

For some reason our CEO, Leigh Brady won't admit this has happened [link]!  

✔ Hope you will help preserve your right to select and and vote for member-nominated Board candidates.  

 ✅ Please consider casting your votes for Julian Hawes and Barry Browning. Your ballot is still valid if you vote only for the 2 member-nominated candidates.  

Vote by mail or online.  Here's where to find complete voting info [link].                              

  What have you got to lose... well, perhaps everything!